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Grant Gross

I'm a veteran journalist with more than 25 years of experience, including 20 years of writing about technology and public policy. My stories have appeared at PCWorld.com, Computerworld.com, NYTimes.com, WashingtonPost.com, ABCNews.go.com, and in CIO magazine. I'm currently a senior writer at CIO.com.

Until May 2017, I worked as senior editor at IDG News Service, the internal wire service at IDG, publishers of PCWorld, MacWorld, Computerworld, and many other fine tech websites. I served as the Washington, D.C., correspondent there for nearly 13 years.

I've covered net neutrality fights in the U.S. Congress and the Federal Communications Commission, revelations of mass surveillance programs at the National Security Agency, and huge online protests over a controversial online copyright enforcement bill, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). I've written extensively about government efforts to improve cybersecurity and about law enforcement agencies pushing smartphone makers and software vendors to build encryption workarounds into their products.

Clips at www.grantgross.com.

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  • CIO Magazine
    80 articles
  • Knowlege@Wharton

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  • CIOs are overspending on the cloud — but still think it’s worth it
    15 Apr—CIO Magazine
    AI projects and developer use have driven cloud bills beyond expected levels at most organizations, but CIOs still see the cloud as the cheaper alternative. Major unanticipated increases in cloud spending, driven largely by increased use, aren’t spurring CIOs to rethink IT strategies beyond tactical shifts in how they attempt to rein in costs in the cloud. According to a survey from Java platform provider Azul, 83% of CIOs say they’re currently spending more on the cloud than anticipated,...
  • Many CIOs operate within a culture of fear
    4 Apr—CIO Magazine
    Many IT leaders say they work in organizations that operate with a culture of blame, making it difficult to admit mistakes and then learn from errors. Forty percent of IT leaders specifically overseeing software development at their organizations say they fear acknowledging their mistakes, according to a recent report by digital transformation provider Adaptavist. The survey results came as no surprise to several CIOs and other IT leaders, with some describing past jobs in fear-based...
  • TBM helps CIOs translate tech spending to business outcomes
    10 Apr—CIO Magazine
    The use of technology business management is growing as IT environments add AI and other new technologies. IT environments are constantly growing more complex, with organizations rolling out AI agents and LLMs, operating in multiple clouds, and anticipating breakthroughs like quantum computing. At the same time, many CIOs seem to struggle to demonstrate the value of IT to the broader business because other departments often view their domain as a cost center. As a result, many organizations,...
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  • IT frustration costs companies more than $100 million a year — with shadow IT the only user solution
    10 Mar—CIO Magazine
    Employees are losing more than a month of work each year to digital workflow inefficiencies and are downloading hundreds of unauthorized apps to get their jobs done, study says. Credit: fizkes / Shutterstock The average large enterprise lost $104 million to digital inefficiencies in 2024, driven by productivity losses connected to employee IT frustrations and hundreds of ghost apps flying under the radar, according to a new study. At issue is the complexity and number of applications...

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